Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the cantonal court properly denied legal aid because the appeal lacked a minimally reasoned showing of non-hopelessness.
Extrahierter Entscheid
Yes. The applicant had to present at least a summary substantive argument against the first-instance judgment when seeking legal aid for the appeal; his filings did not do so.
Extrahierte Begründung
Under Art. 29(3) BV, legal aid requires a claim that is not hopeless. For assessing the prospects of a cantonal appeal, the applicant must indicate, at filing, the arguments he will raise and engage with the first-instance reasoning. The applicant remained silent on the decisive issue of overindebtedness and could not later cure that omission.